aberwitzig

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German

Etymology

From Aberwitz +‎ -ig, from Middle High German aberwitze, from aber (opposite, contrary) +‎ witze (knowledge, sense).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈaːbɐˌvɪtsɪç/ (standard)
  • IPA(key): /ˈaːbɐˌvɪtsɪk/ (common form in southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland)
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  • Hyphenation: aber‧wit‧zig

Adjective

aberwitzig (strong nominative masculine singular aberwitziger, comparative aberwitziger, superlative am aberwitzigsten)

  1. ludicrous
    • 2016 October 21, Yassin Musharbash, Andrea Böhm, “Der Preis für den Krieg gegen den IS ist aberwitzig hoch”, in Die Zeit:
      Aber wir haben während dieser zwei Tage in Baschika zum ersten Mal mit eigenen Augen gesehen, wie aberwitzig hoch der Preis für diesen Krieg gegen den IS ist.
      But over these two days in Bashiqa, we had seen for the first time with our own eyes how ridiculously high the price for this war against the Islamic State is.

Declension

Adverb

aberwitzig

  1. ludicrously
    Synonym: aberwitzigerweise

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